Nigeria’s power sector crisis: Pressure mounts on Tinubu to sack Adelabu

Persistent blackouts crossed Nigerian states person intensified calls for the removal of the curate of power, Adebayo Adelabu, by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Over the past 4 months, energy proviso has remained erratic, with procreation levels fluctuating betwixt 2,000 and 4,000 megawatts— acold beneath the needs of a colonisation exceeding 250 million. As of March 29, 2026, energy organisation companies received conscionable 2,855 megawatts, highlighting the standard of the shortfall.

Electricity organisation companies (Discos) person attributed the concern to reduced generation, portion procreation companies (Gencos) blasted state proviso constraints linked to mounting debts reportedly exceeding N4 trillion.

The situation has near households and businesses struggling with unreliable powerfulness proviso nationwide.

Amid nationalist outcry, Adelabu precocious apologized to Nigerians, acknowledging the sector’s challenges.

Meanwhile, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, speaking astatine the All Progressives Congress convention, said the instauration of Grid Asset Management Company, GAMCO, is simply a imaginable solution to code the sector’s fiscal and structural issues.

“Many of you are lamenting the occupation of electricity; we are paying attraction to it. The GAMCO volition inject 150,000 MW...